Patrick Vallance said technological progress was creating'new area' for robots to work in. Patrick Vallance said technological progress was creating'new area' for robots to work in. AI will transform the'human job' and enhance skills, says science minister Patrick Vallance says robots would take away'repetitive' tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in'new era of mass unemployment' Advances in AI and robotics will transform human jobs, starting with roles in warehouses and factories, the UK science minister has said, as the government announced plans to reduce red tape for robot and defence tech companies. Patrick Vallance said technological progress was creating a "whole new area" for robots to work in. "What's really changing now is the combination of AI and robotics. It is opening up a whole new area, particularly in the sorts of things like humanoid robotics. And that will increase productivity, it will change the human job," he told the Guardian.

Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualized images The Cabinet Office has asked X to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said. Japan has joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk's artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot's role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent. The Cabinet Office has asked the social media platform to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said. Officials also submitted written questions about measures by X to prevent the creation of deepfakes and other images that violate people's privacy, intellectual property and right to control the use of their likeness, she said. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

OpenAI and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk's claims that Sam Altman's startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from the software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit business. A federal judge in Oakland, California, on Thursday rejected requests by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss claims by Musk and ordered the case to proceed to a jury trial set for late April. Musk helped Altman and others launch OpenAI in 2015 and went on to found his own artificial intelligence company in 2023. Musk's lawsuit continues to be baseless and a part of his ongoing pattern of harassment, and we look forward to demonstrating this at trial," OpenAI said in a statement. "We remain focused on empowering the OpenAI Foundation, which is already one of the best resourced nonprofits ever."

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced Charles Wall as ICE's new deputy director, replacing Madison Sheahan who stepped down to pursue a congressional run in Ohio.

Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) poses for a photo with ministers from ASEAN member states in Hanoi on Thursday. HANOI - Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to work together on developing new artificial intelligence models and preparing related laws. The AI-sector cooperation was included in a joint statement adopted at a meeting of digital ministers from Japan and ASEAN member states in Hanoi on Thursday. The statement was proposed by Japanese communications minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who attended the meeting. Japan and ASEAN aim to join hands at a time when the United States and China are boosting their presence in the AI sector.

The Department of Homeland Security said agents arrested an illegal alien after he “weaponized" his car during a chaotic attempt to evade arrest in a San Antonio parking lot.

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Could Ukraine hold a presidential election right now? Will Europe use frozen Russian assets to fund war? How can Ukraine rebuild China ties? 'Ukraine is running out of men, money and time' A Ukrainian drone attack killed two workers from a state-owned pharmacy as they were transporting medicines to Polohy in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, Russia's state news agency TASS reports. A Ukrainian drone strike injured three people in Russia's front-line Belgorod region, the regional task force reported, according to TASS.

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Minneapolis faces HUD investigation over alleged racial preferences in housing policy amid a much broader Minnesota fraud scandal.